Chapter 682 For the newborn younger brother

Jiang Jinyan's eyes also reddened. He held his daughter's hand, wondering how his lovely Xiao Chu had become like this.

When Jiang Ruochu saw that her father was also crying, she wiped away his tears with one hand and Zhang Yumo's tears with the other, and comforted him, "The imperial physician said that Xiaochu will get better after drinking the medicine. Xiaochu will drink the medicine obediently. Xiaochu is not afraid of needles or pain. Father, Mother, don't cry."

Jiang Jinyan hugged them in his arms, "Daddy didn't cry. Xiao Chu will get better. Xiao Chu is the best."

Feng Jingyuan left the space to Jiang Jinyan's family of three. When Yu Mo arrived, Xiao Chu finally seemed a bit better.

During the days when Zhang Yumo was in a coma, Xiao Chu knew from the moment she started speaking and learning to walk that the person lying in bed was her dearest mother. She even imitated a maid, washing her face, wiping her hands, and massaging her, doing it quite well.

Seeing Zhang Yumo's concern for Xiao Chu, Feng Jingyuan unconsciously shed tears. She knew that when her son and daughter-in-law were arguing, she could do nothing but worry. Now, things seemed to be getting better between them.

Jiang Jinyan saw his mother walking out and asked, "Mother, where are you going?"

"I'm going to check on Yan'er. She fell into the water while trying to save Xiao Chu. She's so young, yet she knew to risk everything to save Xiao Chu. I'm going to see her." She had been taking care of Jiang Ruochu and hadn't had a chance to see her granddaughter yet.

Jiang Ruochu said she was hungry, so Zhang Yumo quickly picked up the porridge next to her and fed her. The little girl ate it with great relish.

The palace maid standing by said, "The imperial physician said that if Miss Xiao Chu can drink a little porridge, her fever will subside and she will recover. Now that the young mistress has arrived, Miss Xiao Chu's spirits are much better."

Zhang Yumo said, "Thank you for taking care of Xiao Chu."

"We servants were just helping out and didn't do much. It was all Madam Jiang who took care of everything personally. Madam Jiang was worried all afternoon and didn't even have the appetite for dinner," the maid said.

Zhang Yumo looked at the figure by the door, her heart filled with guilt. She thought that Madam Jiang was also keeping Bai Yuhan's matter from her, and she even resented her a little. At this moment, she really wanted to slap herself. Madam Jiang took good care of Xiao Chu and treated her like her own daughter. She must have hurt Madam Jiang's feelings.

Jiang Ruochu drank the porridge, her face was still flushed, but she was in much better spirits. Zhang Yumo wrung out a handkerchief and wiped her body to cool her down. "Be a good girl, Xiao Chu, you'll be fine in a little while."

“Xiao Chu is very well-behaved.” Jiang Ruochu added, “It was Sister Yi who pushed me into the water. She’s very fierce, and Xiao Chu doesn’t like her.”

Zhang Yumo's heart tightened upon hearing this, but she smiled and said, "If you don't like it, you don't like it. Xiao Chu will be happy to have Princess Yan to play with her in the future."

"Xiao Chu likes Sister Yan, and Sister Yan likes Xiao Chu too." Jiang Ruochu's voice was soft and sweet, and her pretty little face was adorable.

Zhang Yumo stared at Jiang Ruochu and her lips unconsciously turned up. How could her daughter be so beautiful? She kissed her daughter's face and said, "Mother will stay with you. You should sleep for a while. The more you sleep, the faster you will recover."

Jiang Ruochu held her mother's hand, staring at Zhang Yumo with hopeful eyes, "Mother, can you give Xiaochu a younger brother, a younger brother like Yuan'er?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yumo's cheeks turned as red as persimmons. Although she already had Jiang Ruochu's child, she had never had that kind of experience in her memory.

Jiang Ruochu is her child with Jiang Jinyan in this life, not hers. She said, "Xiao Chu, don't talk."

"Can I ask you to? Mommy will grant Xiaochu's request. Xiaochu likes a little brother." Jiang Ruochu said coquettishly, "Sister Yan said that if Daddy kisses Mommy, Mommy can have a little brother."

The palace maids standing to the side blushed as they listened. Why hadn't Princess Yan said such things to them? Did Princess Yan see the Emperor and Empress kissing so often? The palace maids were also blushing with embarrassment.

Zhang Yumo glanced at the palace maid, feeling even more embarrassed. She was at a loss and didn't know how to explain to Xiao Chu that she couldn't kiss Jiang Jinyan to give birth to her younger brother.

Suddenly, an image flashed into her mind of Jiang Jinyan holding her hand tightly, her nestled in his arms, and him gently comforting her.

"Xiao Chu, go to sleep quickly, Mother will be back soon." She then asked the palace maid to help watch over her daughter. She touched Jiang Ruochu's body and forehead, and found that they were no longer as hot as before.

At first, Jiang Ruochu didn't sleep at all. She was taking medicine, getting acupuncture, and crying herself awake, so she was in a bad mood. She only felt better after seeing Zhang Yumo.

After drinking the rice porridge and seeing her mother, she felt at ease and obediently closed her eyes to sleep.

The palace maid said, "Young mistress, don't worry. We are here to watch over you. The Empress also instructed us to take good care of the young master when she left. We are also very worried about what happened during the day, so we dare not slack off."

Another palace maid explained, "No one expected that the little princess of the Fourth Princess's family would push someone into the water. Later, even though the little princess was not injured, she cried in the courtyard for a long time. Everyone was frightened. At that time, even though Miss Xiao Chu was unconscious, the Fourth Princess did not go into the room to check on her. I did not expect the Fourth Princess to be so heartless."

Another palace maid quickly pulled her aside, signaling her to stop talking, because the Fourth Princess and Young Madam Jiang shared the same surname and were cousins.

Madam Jiang was truly unlucky. No one expected that the kind and amiable Fourth Princess Consort, who didn't like to talk much, would be such a hard-hearted person. As servants, they dared not say anything, only sighing in their hearts that the human heart was truly unfathomable.

Zhang Yumo never expected her cousin to be like this. In her memory, her cousin was not like this at all. She had indeed often taken care of her in the past. In the entire Zhang family, apart from her grandparents, her third uncle and aunt, as well as her cousin Rou, were all quite friendly to her. When others scolded her for having no parents and being a jinx to her parents, it was always her cousin Rou who helped her.

Although her father was the eldest son of the Zhang family, he was a military officer and the last member of the Zhang family to get married. Zhang Yurou was born early and was the eldest sister, so everyone respected her.

Especially after she married the Fourth Prince and became his princess, her status and position became even more noble than others, and they respected her like a Bodhisattva.

Zhang Yumo was indeed hungry, and then suddenly remembered that Jiang Jinyan was also hungry. Since she didn't see him when she came out, she assumed that he and Madam Jiang had gone to Princess Yan's room. She found a palace maid and asked, "Excuse me, where is the kitchen? I would like to go to the kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles."

The palace maid said, "This servant will go and ask the kitchen matron to bring it over. Young mistress hasn't had dinner yet, has she? The front palace is holding a Lantern Festival banquet. Hasn't young mistress eaten?"

The palace maids, of course, had no idea that she had just come from outside the palace.

Zhang Yumo felt embarrassed and didn't want to trouble the nanny. "I want to go by myself and make some of Xiao Chu's favorite food so she can eat it when she wakes up."

The palace maid didn't insist any further, assuming that the young mistress wanted to make a late-night snack for her daughter herself. "This servant will take the young mistress there!"

"Thank you for your trouble." Zhang Yumo said very politely.